Orthopaedics & MSK — Flashcards

Flashcard 71: What is the management of nondisplaced scaphoid fractures? _____

Answer: Immobilise in a cast (~6-8 weeks)

Flashcard 72: The most common carpal bone fracture is of the _____

Answer: scaphoid

Flashcard 73: A Colles fracture refers to a fracture of the _____ that presents with a "dinner fork deformity"

Answer: distal radius

Flashcard 74: Fractures to the _____ third of the clavicle have highest risk of complications (e.g. vascular injury, pneumothorax, brachial plexus injury)

Answer: medial

Flashcard 75: _____ fractures present with pain on palpation of the anatomical snuffbox

Answer: Scaphoid

Flashcard 76: Clavicle fracture can occur in a newborn due to _____

Answer: shoulder dystocia

Flashcard 77: _____ fractures occur in children who fall onto a hyperextended outstretched arm

Answer: Supracondylar

Flashcard 78: Humeral shaft fractures are most commonly associated with injury to the _____ nerve.

Answer: radial

Extra: Mid-shaft humeral fractures often involve the spiral groove, damaging the radial nerve. This typically results in **wrist drop** due to loss of extension at the wrist and metacarpophalangeal joints.

Flashcard 79: In a supracondylar fracture of the humerus, anteromedial displacement of the proximal fracture fragment can result in damage to the _____ & brachial artery

Answer: median nerve

Flashcard 80: Complications of _____ scaphoid fractures include avascular necrosis and nonunion due to retrograde blood supply

Answer: proximal